Stunning Poisonous Doctor Princess Chapter 241 - The Eve of the Sacrificial Offering

Chapter 241 The Eve of the Sacrificial Offering

“As a subordinate, I feel that it must be because of what’s happening in the household. It is after all not easy for the princess to manage all the matter in the mansion.”

Long Tianyu usually did not get involved in the matters in the mansion, but Steward Deng knew that there were just too many things to handle in the huge prince’s mansion, given that more people had been added to it recently.

However, the princess had been extrely organized in handling the matters, so much so, Steward Deng, who was the head steward, was relieved of many miscellaneous matters.

“The princess is indeed very capable.”

Long Tianyu looked down and smiled slightly as he jotted down his comnts on the docunts with his brush pen. For so unknown reasons, the sound of her laughter created an inexpressible sensation in his heart.

“Your Highness, indeed it is about the ti of your age to continue the family line by conceiving an heir.”

Steward Deng, an old subject to their family, had been very faithful. He was more anxious than anyone else regarding the matter of the prince continuing the family’s bloodline.

Long Tianyu chose to remain silent, although he knew that heirs in the royal family were looked upon highly.

The Emperor had eleven sons, so of whom had died prematurely at a young age.

For this reason, the Emperor was very strict with the princes who had co of age and had set very high expectations for them. He had great hopes for all the princes, expecting them to grow into excellent talents.

At this mont, however, the Crown Prince was ambitious and the Queen, dictatorial. The princes who had grown into adulthood had been bestowed the status of dukes. Even so, they barely break free from the Queen’s clutches.

The remaining princes who had not reached adulthood, or those little princes who were from sons of waning consorts, were under the Queen’s dominance.

If Long Tianyu were to conceive a son now, he would beco a thorn in the Queen’s eyes, a thorn in her flesh.

He did not wish his family mbers or children to be exposed to such dangers.

“Health-wise, the princess is not in the top form now, so this is not the best ti to conceive. We’ll have to wait for this matter.”

This was not the first ti that his subordinates had tried to talk him into having children.

So ti back, a few people had suggested to him to take a vice Princess, or even just take in so concubines. However, Long Tianyu had either responded with silence or use other excuses to turn them down.

There were enough won in the mansion. He almost set the backyard on fire over Jiang Ruqing and Baishao.

Teacher was right after all. Won were troubleso beasts. It would be wise to keep a safe distance from them.

“Let’s stop talking about this anymore. I’ve my plans.”

Steward Deng stole a glance at Long Tianyu and sighed in his heart. The prince was still his old self, who loved to keep things in his heart.

As for Lin ngya, she had settled all the necessary arrangents.

According to her plans, they would able to shine forth and be the spotlight at the banquet for prayer for blessings. However, she needed to make special arrangents if she wanted the Crown Prince and the Queen to get the worst of it and be unable to make any noise about it.

“Alright, I have delegated the tasks to all of you. If you succeed in your tasks, the prince will reward you handsoly.”

At this mont, Lin ngya narrowed her eyes into crescent shapes. She had done Long Tianyu a great favor and supposed it would not be too much to ask for rewards.

Going through and signing the docunts at this mont, Long Tianyu’s hands were trembling a little.

Following that, there was a bitter smile at the corners of his mouth.

This cheeky lass was eyeing on his private wealth again.

From that day on, Long Tianyu and Lin ngya started their life of living together in a sowhat awkward manner.

When he went out to handle so administrative matters, she would be at ho, training the singers how to dance.

At night, when he was going through the docunts under the lamps, she would be chit-chatting with her maidservants in the room.

He would frequently find either chicken soup or ginseng tea sitting on his desk. They were a display of Lin ngya’s loving intentions to him. However, they seed to be avoiding each other. They had been treating each other politely while living under the sa roof.

Three days just passed in the twinkling of an eye. Under the watchful supervision, Lin ngya had organized everything orderly as the preparation proceeded as planned.

Lord Qin would co by the prince’s mansion every day to instruct them on the ceremonial requirent and manners of the prayer for blessings for four hours.

It was only during these tis that Lin ngya and Long Tianyu were not acting so reserved and polite towards each other. After all, they were supposed to be a loving couple in the eyes of the outsiders.

Lin ngya had put on the loose ceremonial costus at this mont. Cupping her hands, she ticulously went through the steps of offering the sacrifices under Old Mr. Qin’s guidance.

“Very good. Your movents are naturally flowing in a practiced manner. No one would believe that you’re unfamiliar with the movents. From what I can see, you have inherited the late Queen’s mannerisms.”

Strangely indeed, Lin ngya found the actions and movents to be familiar. They were unforced and natural, like how a gentle and delicate lady would be. Her composure and dignified mannerism were not below that of the princesses in the palace.

Nodding, Lin ngya tried to sound modest and declined Lord Qin’s implied praises.

She was perplexed too. Could it because she had a higher capacity of understanding and grasping certain things because she had transcended ti from the modern world?

When Lord Qin saw that Lin ngya had mastered what was required of her, without making any mistakes, he turned his attention to Long Tianyu.

As a mber of the royal family, Long Tianyu was only second to the Crown Prince in terms of importance.

Dressed in black, Long Tianyu, who was in the spacious hall, was seen taking in the instruction solemnly and paying scrupulous attention to everything that was said.

Lin ngya would be participating in a small part of the Winter Solstice sacrifice, while Long Tianyu had to be fully involved from the beginning to the end of the ceremony. For this reason, Lord Qin was especially demanding on him. Not only was he expected to behave with composure and accuracy in all his actions, but it was also required of him to display the deanor expected of the royals.

His handso profile appeared tensed, but Lin ngya always had the feeling that so people were like Long Tianyu. Although he was going through sothing so tedious and dry, he did not fail to give others the feeling of elegance and nobility.

Lin ngya just could not get enough of him. As she sat there, her eyes were fixed on Long Tianyu, who was going through the bowing actions. Even she was unaware of how starry-eyed and infatuated she looked.

“My dear lass, your eyeballs would be stuck to his body if continue staring at him in this way.”

Lin ngya turned at the sour-toned voice that spoke. As expected, it was Qinghu dressed in woman’s clothes.

There had been many outsiders in their house in the last few days which rendered him no other choices but reverted to his old practice of dressing up as a woman, given that Lin ngya could not possibly stay in her courtyard all day.

However, Lin ngya was beginning to suspect that this guy had a strange inclination towards transvestism.

A while ago, he was a flirty aunty, but these few days, he had turned into an innocent and pure pretty lady.

The accessories he was wearing including the hairpin and the coordination of style in his dressing were apparently carefully thought through.

At this mont, he was biting his lips as he tried to act coy, looking like an innocent adolescent girl.

“Can’t help it, I’m too good-looking, so naturally I have to dress prettily to complint my good looks. I thought you’re training those dancers in the backyard, why are you here?”

Qinghu cast a look of disdain at Long Tianyu, but he had the privilege to go into Lin ngya’s room every night to speak with her.

Although Long Tianyu never failed to glare at him every ti he ca out from Lin ngya’s room, he was completely unfazed about Long Tianyu’s death glare, given his status.

Qinghu would usually walk back to his room, looking confident and even complacent.

“We are almost done with the training, but our main dancer, Yue Xiang was absent today. I’ve sent soone to find out if she hasn’t co because she was unwell last night.”

Lin ngya frowned slightly at Qinghu’s words. Yue Xiang was the most well-known dancer in the whole of the capital city.

Not only did she have a beautiful and flexible body, but she was also quick at picking up new things. At this mont, every second spent practicing the dance was critical. Lin ngya felt uneasy that Yue Xiang had fallen ill at this ti.

“Can you make a trip personally to have a look. At least we will be able to handle this matter imdiately if there really was an accident.”

Qinghu nodded and turned to leave.

In three days’ ti, it would be the Winter Solstice celebration as well as the banquet for the prayer of blessings. There better not be any hiccups.

Three days packed with activities quickly passed. In the capital city, the long-awaited Winter Solstice celebration, as well as the banquet for the sacrificial offering had finally arrived.

This was a big day to be celebrated together with the people of the entire nation. Early in the morning, the route from the Imperial Ancestral Temple all the way to the palace was packed with the common people that the crowd was literally impenetrable.

Before sunrise, Lin ngya had followed Long Tianyu and Concubine De into the palace.

She would be dressing up in the most splendid clothes there, and thereafter, she was to follow Long Tianyu to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to pray for blessings for the nation.

Being Princess Yu, as well as the daughter of the great army general, Marquis Zhennan, her identity was one of exceptional status.

The mont Lin ngya put on the finely elaborate costu, she imdiately turned into a breath-taking beauty.

Her waist was wrapped around by a waistband embroidered with patterns of the green phoenix and held together at the ends by the head of the phoenix made of white jade biting on to a white jade pearl.

To the right and left of the waistband hung purses containing spices as well as a unique jade token befitting for a princess.

On her feet were a pair of lady’s shoes embroidered with all kinds of pearls and precious stones. With their soles made from calf leather, the shoes felt soft and warm on her feet. However, they were only seen occasionally as they were covered by the hem of her long and wide dress most of the ti.

There were altogether eight exquisite hairpins on her head, which coiled her silky, black hair into an elegant hairstyle in the shape of Chinese ingot. Together with the phoenix-patterned hairpins, she exuberating unstoppable charm.

Her almost perfect facial features, compared to half a year ago, was no longer girlish and juvenile. Neither did she resemble the consorts in the palace whose beauty was sowhat lifeless.

Looking around, Lin ngya gave the impression that she was a quick-witted lady. Her bright red lips looked rather dignified and even a little domineering.

Lin ngya looked at herself in the mirror, thinking that everything about her looked sowhat surreal.

The extrely beautiful lady in the mirror was carrying herself with such grace that she could hardly believe that it was indeed her.

“Your Highness the princess, the ti has co for you to get going. The prince is waiting in the courtyard for you.”

The four maidservants were adorned in pastel-colored clothes ant for the palace. In reality, each of them was exuberating her beauty in her unique way compared to Lin ngya’s magnificence and extravagance.

The second the mistress, together with her maidservants, making up the five of them, appeared at the courtyard, all the people’s eyes were attracted to them.

Standing amid the courtyard was Long Tianyu. He had fixed his eyes on his wife, who walked towards him, with a stunned look in his eyes.

The woman before his eyes was so stunningly beautiful. The bright red costu she was wearing was especially flattering to her snow-white complexion.

She was wearing a faint smile on her face and looking so gorgeous. Her eyes were crystal clear as if they were able to penetrate all things on earth.

With light steps, she also walked towards Long Tianyu and ca to stand next to him. She was like a fairy who had descended from heaven.

Suddenly, the marriage scene between the two of them ca to Long Tianyu’s mind.

He rembered that she was also wearing a big red dress. However, at that point in ti, he was still totally clueless about the changes his princess was going to make in his life.

“Let’s get going, Your Highness,” Lin ngya parted her lips and spoke with a tender voice.

“Alright, let’s go.”

Long Tianyu held on to her delicate hands and proceeded on their journey side by side.

Outside, the sedans for the both of them had been waiting.

Lin ngya squeezed Long Tianyu’s hand and she gave him a supportive look in the eye.